Reading Notes: 7 Secrets of the Goddess Part C
Chapter 2: Kali's Secret: Nature is indifferent to human gaze 2.1 -Kali= most dramatic form of Devi in Hindu mythology: naked, loose hair, standing on Shiva, and necklace of male heads, thirst for blood -rise of Devi worship after post-Buddhist phase -before, images of bulls next to bejeweled women: representation of struggle between wild and domestication -1500BCE cattleherd migration into populated areas--> long tension - worship of cloud-dwelling gods and rejection of the only woman god figure -rejection of materialistic society grew: meditation= freedom--> Kali appears -Kali-like goddess emerge, associated with rage and violence -300 CE: Kali= discrete from Shiva, causes destruction -appearance of more and more versions of Kali as represented by 3,6,9 or even 64 goddesses acting together-> benevolent and morbid versions -deep appreciation of nature -1000BCE: Kali as one instead of a collective--> perfect and most primal -it is told then that human